Media monitoring of Indian FM’s visit and promises on 13th Amendment
Media monitoring reports in Sinhala and Tamil of the Indian Foreign Minister’s visit to Sri Lanka and promises on 13th Amendment. Download the full report in Sinhala or Tamil. Madyawalokana – 13th Amendment (Tamil) Madyawalokana – 13th Amendment (Sinhala)
1st Issue of Vibasha Newsletter (Sinhala, Tamil, English)
The 1st Issue of Vibasha Newsletter is available in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Quo Vadis, the Conga Line?
When Sri Lanka vied for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, there was a telling photograph taken at one of the bashes the regime threw in the Caribbean, the culminating event of a labour intensive, extravagant self-indulgent exercise. The photograph has Hon Namal Rajapaksha MP leading a conga line followed by the Governor of the Central Bank....
Release of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report
4 January 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) welcomes the release of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report, its analysis of the root cause of the conflict, the cataloguing of the atrocities of the LTTE, recommendations in respect of governance – especially the de-politicization of existing institutions, the introduction...
Land Issues in the Northern Province: Post-War Politics, Policy and Practices
6 December 2011: Land Issues in the Northern Province: Post-War Politics, Policy and Practices by Senior Researchers Bhavani Fonseka and Mirak Raheem at the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is the most recent endeavour by CPA to critique and provide alternatives to land and related issues in the post-war Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Download...
Public Servants, Tax Payers and the Pradeshiya Sabha (Sinhala publication)
Public Servants, Tax Payers and the Pradeshiya Sabha can be downloaded as a PDF in Sinhala here.
CPA Publications Catalogue 2010
Download the catalogue here as a PDF.
Awareness Raising Workshop for Newly Elected Local Authority Leaders in Jaffna & Killinochchi
Awareness Raising Workshop for Newly Elected Local Authority Leaders in Jaffna & Killinochchi 4th-5th Nov 2011 ### Download the report of the workshop as a PDF in English here.
Speech by Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu at the local budget in Jaffna
Good morning everyone. I have to talk to you about local government as a progressive partner in development in Jaffna. As I said yesterday, at the inaugural session, the importance of local governance is that it is the level of government closest to the people. Therefore, you have a lot of potential to lay the...
Governance & Anti-Corruption programme: Overview of work in 2010
CPA’s Governance & Anti Corruption programme commenced in July 2007 with launching of National Anti Corruption Action Plan in partnership with USAID. This unit focuses on Governance issues with particular emphasis on Local Authorities and the Transparency & Accountability angles of their budget processes. G&AC mainly works as a facilitator with more than 75 areas...